This is the fifth in a series about the 16 triumphant teams in the European Championship before the 17th edition is played in Germany next year. So far, we’ve looked at the USSR in 1960, Spain in 1964 ...

Czechoslovakia owes its unfortunate history to its lot as a main stage for the great conflicts of the 20th century. Born a democracy at the end of the First World War, it suffocated through decades of ...

Up the winding road to Hradčany Castle, which broods above Prague’s Baroque towers and its wide, grey Vltava River, came a steady stream of Tatra limousines. As they had many times before, they bore ...

In 1918, Czechs (of Bohemia and Moravia) and Slovaks (of Slovakia) united to form one nation called Czechoslovakia. In a peaceful separation, the country split in 1993 into Czech Republic and Slovakia ...

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Photo of Czechoslovak Legionnaires under the word "Nazdar," a traditional Czech greeting that became the name of these troops. (Photo courtesy of John Sabol) CLEVELAND, Ohio A century ago, 362 Czechs ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — The events unfolding in Ukraine potentially hold dire implications for the future, but ...